Non-refillable bottle.



No. 873,472. PA-TENTED DEC. 10, 19.07,

. G. P. VISSAS.

' NON-RBPILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED $31 116. 1907.

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G. P. VISSAS.

NON RBFILLABLE BOTTLE.

. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1907.

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GEORGE VISSAS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed September 16- 1907- Serial No- 393.089-

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE. P. VISSAS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NonRefillable Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a protective device for bottles adapted to prevent the refilling thereof, the construction of the device being such that when the bottle is manipulated in an effort to refill the bottle a stopper therein is permanently closed and also so that if the bottle is shaken violently to dislodge the device that prevents its refilling, the neck of the bottle will be broken, thereby rendering the bottle unfit for further use.

Figure I is a vertical section taken through the upper portion of a bottle with my device located therein. Fig. II is a top or plan view of the bottle and the device therein. Fig. III is an elevation of the upper portion of the device removed from the bottle and partially broken away. Fig. IV is a bottom view of the upper portion of the device. Fig. V is an elevation of the blank from which the inner shell of the device is made. Fig. VI is a view of the upper portion of a bottle and my device therein, the bottle being shown in the position assumed in the act of discharging its contents. Fig. VII is a vertical section taken through the lower end of the outer shell of my device and showing the ball supporting cage in engagement with the catch arms carried by said shell. Fig. VIII is a similar view to Fig. VII showing the stopper of the device in a locked condition.

A designates the neck of a bottle which contains an upper tapered wall 13 and a lower tapered wall C.

1 designates the outer shell of my device which is of tapering shape and which is adapted to be introduced into the neck of the bottle so that its upper end will bear against the tapered wall B in said neck to restrict the degree of'inward movement of the shell. Interior of the outer slfell and near its lower end is an annular stopper valve seat 2 and at the lower end of the shell is an annular seat 3.

4 are dogs pivotally mounted in the shell 1 and controlled by springs 5, see Figs. III, IV and VI. These dogs are designed to lie flatly outer she .wardly into positions at angles to the wall of said shell b the springs 5 which maintain them in the last named positions so that they will act to prevent withdrawal of the shell from the neck of the bottle, due to their becoming im inged against the tapering wall 0 of the bott e neck. I

6 are slpring catch arms secured to the l and which extend beneath the lowerend of said shell adjacent to its annular seat 3. The utility of these catch arms will be hereinafter set forth.

7 designates an inner apertured shell 10- cated within the outer shell 1 and which is constructed from the blank X shown in Fig. V. The wall of this shell is provided with numerous perforations 8 and the shell is flared,

outwardly at its lower end as seen in Fig. I so that it fits snugly to the outer shell wall. At the upper end of the inner shell are outturned prongs 9 that rest upon the upper end of the outer shell. The inner shell is separated from the outer shell between its upper and lower ends to permit the passage of liquid between said shells after it has passed through the perforations 8 in flowing toward the mouth of the bottlein the act of pouring the contents from the bottle. I

10 are V-shaped tongues cut from the walls of the inner shell and which extend inwardly from said wall to the interior of theshell for the purpose of'serving as guards against the passage of a wire through the shell to manipulate the parts below said shell and which will be hereinafter explained. The inner shell is also provided near its upper end with an up per guard 1 1 and a lower guard 12 which cross each other and are constructed by cutting tongues X and X from the blank X, as seen in Fig. V, which are adapted to be bent across the inner shell at its interior and have their free ends soldered to the shell.

13 is a uide fastened to the lower end of the inner s ell 7 and 14 is a'keeper arm that is also secured to said inner shell and is located above said guide.

15 is a stopper valve which is adapted to rest against the annular valve seat 2 within the outer shell 1. This valve has mounted in it a valve stem 16 that extends both above and below the valve and the upper portion of .Which is loosely fitted in the keeper 13 carried by the inner shell 7, and is provided with a knob 17 which is normally located above the keeper arm 14. The stopper valve is 11ermally held against the valve seat in the inner shell 1 by a coil spring 18 that bears against the upper side of the valve. The lower portion of the valve stem 16 passes loosely through a pliable guide 19 which is carried by the outer shell 1 and is located at the lower end of said shell. At the termination of the lower portion of the valve stem is a knob 20.

The lower portion of the valve stem 16 serves as a carrier for a ball cage which consists of a disk 21 loosely fitted to the valve stem 16 above the knob 20 at its lower end and a series of pliable arms 22 suspended from said disk and inclosing heavy balls 23. The disk 21 is of a size suitable to enter the seat 3 at the lower end of the outer shell 1 of my device and to be engaged by the catch arms 6 attached to said shell.

In the practical use of my bottle which has been previously filled and into which the device hereinbefore described has been intro duced, the contents of the bottle are readily I the cage in which they are confined and striking the lower end of the valve stem 16 with the result of so moving the valve stem and the valve 15 that the valve will be unseated, as seen in Fig. VI, to permit flow of liquid through the outer and inner shells of the device. When the bottle is again placed in an upright position, the balls 23 move away from the valve stem and the valve is returned to its normal position by the spring 18 and the weight of the balls 23 to close the passageway through the outer shell and prevent the introduction of liquid into the bottle.

In the event of any attempt being made to dislodge the valve from its seat in the outer shell of the device by shaking the bottle longitudinally, the valve and its stem are shifted longitudinally of the bottle with the result of causing the spring 18 to so force the valve downwardly to its seat in the outer shell 1 that the knob at the upper end of the valve stem will pass beneath the keeper arm 14, as seen in Fig. VIII, of the device and become locked in such position after which the valve cannot be unseated to permit refilling of the bottle. Furthermore, if an effort is made to remove the inner shell of my device by detaching it from the other shell and withdrawing it therefrom to permit refilling of the bottle, the cage in which the balls 23 are confined is drawn toward the mouth of the bottle as the inner shell is pulled out of the outer shell until the disk 21 passes between the catch arms 6 and becomes caught by said arms to occupy the seat 3 at the lower end of the outer shell 1, as seen in Fig. VII, thereby affording an additional security against the refilling of the bottle. The movement just referred to of the disk is permitted, due to the guard 19 in which the valve stem 16 operates, being of a pliable nature.

Still another safe-guard against the refilling of the bottle is provided through the medium of the balls 23 in that, if any attempt is made to dislodge the shell 1 and the parts associated. with it from the neck of the bottle by violently shaking the bottle, the balls 23 are shifted into such sudden impact with the neck of the bottle that they act to fracture or break. said neck, this action of the balls being permitted, due to the arms of the cage in which the balls are confined being of a pliable nature as stated. Furthermore, the violent shaking of the bottle will cause the balls 23 to so act upon the cage in which they are confined as to enable the cage to draw inwardly upon the outer shell 1 to such degree that the outer shell will be sufficiently carried into the neck of the bottle to break said neck if it is not broken by the balls.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer shell provided with an internal valve seat, an inner shell within said outer shell provided with guard tongues, a valve within said outer shell loosely fitted to said inner shell, and. a spring interposed between said inner shell and said valve, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer shell, an inner shell within said outer shell provided with guards and having a guide at its lower end, a valve within said outer shell, a stem fixed to said valve and loosely fitted in said guide, and a spring interposed between said valve and said inner shell, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer shell, an inner shell within said outer shell, a valve stem loosely fitted to said inner shell, a valve tuned to said stem, a spring interposed between said valve and said inner shell, and a keeper arm fixed to said inner shell and adapted to be engaged by said valve stem, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer shell, an. inner shell within said outer shell having perforations in its wall and provided with guard tongues extending inwardly from its wall, a valve stem loosely fitted to said inner shell, and a valve fixed to said valve stem and adapted to seat in said outer shell, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer shell, means within said outer shell for preventing flow of liquid therethrough in an inward. direction, and spring actuated dogs carried by said shell, substantially as set forth.

6. In a device of the character described, to said shell adapted to engage said disk, the cgmlhinatirin of a sililglla a valvle wiithin substantially as set forth. said s e a va ve stem e to sai va ve,-a cage having a disk at its upper end loosely GEORGE VISSAS' 5 fitted to said valve stem, and ada ted to In presence of move upon the stem to the inner en of said BLANCHE HOGAN, shell, balls in said cage, and catch arms fixed H. G. 000K. 

